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Weapons of Mass Destruction

Conventional Arms

Regional Disarmament

UN Regional Centres for Peace and Disarmament:
UNLIREC - Latin America and the Caribbean
UNREC - Africa
UNRCPD - Asia and the Pacific

Confidence Building

Other Disarmament Issues

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24 – 25 March, Nuclear Security Summit (The Hague)

7 - 25 April 2014, United Nations Disarmament Commission (New York)

28 April - 9 May 2014, Third Session of the NPT Preparatory Committee (New York)

16 - 20 June 2014, 5th Biennial Meeting of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons (New York)

23 - 27 June 2014, 3rd Review Conference Anti-Personnel Landmine Convention (Maputo)

29 August 2014, International Day against Nuclear Tests (New York and Global)

26 September 2014, International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (New York and Global)

2 October 2014 - 5 November 2014, First Committee of the General Assembly (New York)

UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is seeking a new Director. Click here...

Spotlight

Secretary-General's remarks to the 61st Session of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters

Secretary-General's remarks to the 61st Session of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters

OPCW Executive Council Notes “Increasing Pace” in Moving Chemicals out of Syria

OPCW Executive Council Notes “Increasing Pace” in Moving Chemicals out of Syria

High Representative's remarks to the 61st Session of the Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters

High Representative's remarks to the 61st Session of the Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters

General Assembly President, John Ashe, encourages Conference on Disarmament in Geneva to stay focused

General Assembly President, John Ashe, encourages Conference on Disarmament in Geneva to stay focused - Read the remarks

High Representative Kane Meets with Civil Society Groups Engaged in Disarmament Issues

High Representative Kane Meets with Civil Society Groups Engaged in Disarmament Issues

UNREC, Côte d’Ivoire to Host Training Initiative on Combating Illicit Arms Trafficking, Bolstering Stockpile Management

UNREC, Côte d’Ivoire to Host Training Initiative on Combating Illicit Arms Trafficking, Bolstering Stockpile Management

Disarmament in the News

Preserving the Horrors of Hiroshima - The race to record the accounts of survivors while they're still here to tell their stories
www.theatlantic.com/
Google's online Cultural Institute features collections from Hiroshima and Nagasaki memorial museums
www.google.com
Top 100: The most influential people in armed violence reduction
aoav.org.uk

Featured Content

The Global ReportedArms Trade

The Global Reported
Arms Trade

UN Report on
Military Expenditures

NPT PrepCom 2014

IATG

UNODA Update

Announcements

Aide Memoire for NGOs to the Fifth Biennial Meeting of States on Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons (BMS5)

Information for participation by NGOs to the 3rd NPT PrepCom

UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is seeking a new Director

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